Sentence examples for is played for from inspiring English sources

This game is played for goals.

The extraordinary nature of Olson's involvement is played for laughs.

That's a problem: Too much is played for laughs.

Here the chauvinism (and abundant toplessness) is played for laughs, kind of.

Not that her difficulty is played for anything but the gentlest pathos.

Neil's relationship with his suffocatingly adoring mother (Carol Kane), however, is played for farce.

The story is played for laughs, a kind of "Trouble With Harry" for Egyptologists.

Often, in rites-of-passage movies, the sex is played for comic effect.

The premise of an alternate reality in "Maple and Vine" is played for real.

The personal experience of the Rusesabagina family is played for maximum suspense and tear-drenched drama.

Martin wrote all 15 of the tracks, only one of which is played for laughs.